The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-12

Cor. New York Times.
OF all the Door. deluded, tariff-ridden
mob of consumers no one makes a more
pitiable show than does the farmer of the
United States. To him organized pro-
lection is the daughter of the horse
leech, and he has to give, give,
give" from the moment he gets up in
the morning, when he washes his hands
with taxed soap, until he goes to bed
with taxed "night-cap," if he still
wears one. From the cradle to the grave
me is taxed without any mitigation. To
him protection of home industry is sim
ply to give and not to receive. What a
swindle it is, for instance, to- put a
duty on wheat, when all the wheat we
imported during 1886 was $50, $40 BUSH
els, while eur exports of wheat during
the same year were 51,1j9, 2O9 bushels,
besides 5000. 900 barrels of flour. The
farmer. serf to the organized army of
protection, is not benefited one cent by
the protection of wheat. He gets in
New York the price, less freight and
charges, that the wheat sells for in Lon
don. For instance, / see that American
wheat on the Goth of April was selling
in London for Is. I'd. per 100 pounds,
which is as near as possible 81. Oh for a
bushel of go pounds. The price in
New York was 93 cents, leaving ten
cents a bushel fo= freight and charges
and profit To London. Now, as the farm
er in the United States only get the
London price less charges for his wheat;
which is 93 cents net, let me show you
how much granulated sugar 10 bushels
of wheat at 95 cents net will buy in Lon
don and how much it will buy in New
York. The price for granulated sugar
in London rs les. per hundred weight, or
for 112 pounds, which is as near as posi-
lilo L H.. f.,r I,.a
same kind of sugar in New York in
wholesale is 81 cents per pound.
With these facts before us we find that
10 bushels of wheat ut 80 cents in New
York, Oh $3.50, will buy little less than
162 pounds of graduated sugar mt 81
cents per pound. The same 10 bushels
of wheat ut 93 cents net in London, or
$3.50, will buy Us near as possible 26Jt
pounds of granulated sugar in London at
81 cents per pound. In other words,
when the American farmer wants to
turn 10 bushels of his wheat into sugar
in London he gets 265t pounds, if he
wants to do the same thing in New Iork
he gets only 1862 pounds, or 1903 pound
less.
In 1886 we exported 6. 656, 433 bushels
of Indian corn. The price of corn in Lon
don is at present POS. per 4SO pounds, or,
near as possible, cent per pound. Now,
II Dusnei Oh corn weighing ~ pounds Is
selling for Az cents IN New York. That
- cents it is selling more for in London
is for freight, &c. Anyhow, the farmer
does not get any more for his corn in
New York than i'm London, less expenses.
Well, then, 10 bushels of corn in New
Sotk at Az cents, or x4.15 If converted
sntO graduated sugar at st cents per
pound, will buy, as near as possible, S2s
pounds of sugar in New York.
On the other hand, 10 bushels of corn,
the net price of which less charges is
~. 15 in London, if converted into granu-
lated sugar at 81 cents per pound, will
buy a fraction over 1859 pounds. or 50
pounds more in London than i'm New
York.
With these little statistics as a mere
beginning, l will leave my fellow mobs-
men consumers, namely, the farmers, to
reflect ON the army organization of pro-
lection. But | promise to show the
tyranny and swindle up al intinitum.